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The image shows a stout man rowing a boat. In the bow of the boat sits a woman wearing a long sleeve jacket or coat. In the aft a person reclines with their elbow on the edge of the boat and their head resting against the hand. They are rowing down...

An article in the Jasper Herald about the arrest of Ricky D. Burton for the murder of Tina Austin and Mark Archer. Photographs of the victims are shown in the continuation of the article titled "Former area residents murdered in Kentucky." ...

The address of this home when it was built was 401 Front Street, but now it is 401 East Riverside Drive. In 1905, it was the home of Jeffersonville's Mayor, Henry Burts and his family. The Mayor, a democrat, was in office from 1904 to 1906. in...

This image shows a two story log home with either an ell attached at the back, or a separate kitchen behind the home. Smoke is coming from the chimney. The house itself is perched on top of a bluff overlooking the Ohio River and is high enough for...

This picture shows the location of various Indian Nations in the Northwest Territory, and specifically the area known as Indiana. Ada Louise Duckwall and Otho Winger created this map for his book, The Last of the Miamis.

The image shows a flatboat. There are several steamboats in the background. On the flatboat is a load of kegs. , The central cabin has a slightly curved roof on which rests a rowboat. One steersman stands on the cabin roof, the other on a box in...

This 1835 map of the Falls Cities area in its early year is used to show the entry and exit points of a canal that had been built to ease transportation around the falls. The canal ran across Jeffersonville. It fell into disuse and was filled in.

A side-wheel packet, the Major Anderson, is docked. There is one wooden ramp mid-ships, a small rowboat between her and the shore. Several groups of men stand together at the far right hand side of the picture.

An older one story building stands, partially obscured by the large trees on the front right hand side of the picture. The house has a centered door and two windows on the left side of the door. There are chimney stacks at either end of the home....

The image shows the interior courtyard of the United States Army Quartermaster Depot located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The wide pathway used by pedestrians and horse alike led from the front entrance on Tenth Street to the back entrance (shown)....

Ernest Schleicher, a soldier in Company I 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, wrote letters home during the Civil War to Harriet Jackson of New Providence, Indiana. Ernest mustered in as a private in 1861 and was discharged in 1865 as a sergeant. These...